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Tourist Towns Without Tourists: Keys Close Down To Visitors

Nancy Klingener
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WLRN
Duval Street on Friday, March 20, was already emptying out.

Imagine the Florida Keys without tourists.

Carol Wightman, an owner of the Marquesa Hotel since it opened 32 years ago in Key West, simply can’t.

She was stunned by the county’s decision to shut down lodging to tourists.

“You might as well shutter the whole town,” Wightman said.

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